May 6, 2024

Gable’s Piece About Teaching Slavery Runs in ‘Akron Legal News’

Professor of Anthropology Eric Gable

Professor of Anthropology Eric Gable

Professor of Anthropology Eric Gable’s commentary, “Why separating fact from fiction is critical in teaching US slavery,” was published in The Akron Legal News. Of all the debate over teaching U.S. slavery, it is one sentence of Florida’s revised academic standards that has provoked particular ire: “Instruction includes how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” Read more.